The Pet Shop Boys are releasing Leaving as the second single from their album Elysium, following up Winner which came out back around the time of the Olympics.
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The digital single, in three different configurations, will be released on October 16 via Astralwerks Records.
Among the various b-sides and extra tracks, the Balkan-flavoured Hell was originally planned to be included on Elysium but Neil and Chris didn’t feel it fit the mood of the album. In His Imagination was written and recorded this summer and features Joel Gibb of The Hidden Cameras on backing vocals. Both tracks were produced by Pet Shop Boys and mixed by Bob Kraushaar. Baby is Pet Shop Boys’ demo from 2003 of a song which was later recorded by the Swedish pop group Alcazar; a segment of it was recently included in their The Most Incredible Thing ballet.
The young Italian DJ/artist Dusty Kid has provided a long, brooding club re-working of Leaving. Elysium co-producer Andrew Dawson has made two very different remixes, the reflective HappySad and the clubby HappyHour. Finally Pet Shop Boys have produced three new remixes as well as making available their original demo of Leaving from 2010.
Digital Bundle 1 – Leaving
- Leaving
- Hell
- In His Imagination
- Baby (2003 demo)
Digital Bundle 2 – Leaving Remixed
- Leaving (Lost her love remix) – Remixed by Dusty Kid
- Leaving (Believe in PSB remix) – Remixed by Pet Shop Boys
- Leaving (demo)
Digital Bundle 3 – Leaving Again
- Leaving (PSB Side-by-side remix) – Remixed by Pet Shop Boys
- Leaving (HappySad remix) – Remixed by Andrew Dawson
- Leaving (PSB Freedom remix) – Remixed by Pet Shop Boys
